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Environmental Soil Properties and Behaviour

By: Raymond N. Yong,Masashi Nakano,Roland Pusch

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Environmental Soil Properties and Behaviour

By: Raymond N. Yong,Masashi Nakano,Roland Pusch

From bridges and tunnels to nuclear waste repositories, structures require that soils maintain their design engineering properties if the structures are to reach their projected life spans. The same is true for earth dams, levees, buffers, barriers for landfills, and other structures that use soils as engineered materials. Yet soil, a natural resou

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1439845301

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9781439845301

Microstructure of Smectite Clays and Engineering Performance

By: Roland Pusch,Raymond N. Yong

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Microstructure of Smectite Clays and Engineering Performance

By: Roland Pusch,Raymond N. Yong

Certain wastes such as nuclear wastes, are so hazardous that their disposal creates a major challenge requiring considerable technical skill and understanding. Their effective isolation in the ground depends on the properties of the surrounding clays. This authoritative book explains the detailed function of clay-based engineered barriers, gives a number of examples of the design and construction of successful sites, and sets out conceptual and theoretical models for the prediction of their performance. It begins by providing a scientific grounding in the relevant aspects of clay science and successively moves onto the practicalities, while retaining the scientific slant. It will be useful for students, and invaluable for research institutes, specialists in environmental protection agencies and consultants in the field of disposal of hazardous waste.

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353

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CRC Press

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0203028988

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9780203028988

Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste

By: Roland Pusch,Raymond N Yong,Masashi Nakano

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Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste

By: Roland Pusch,Raymond N Yong,Masashi Nakano

Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste examines the fundamental knowledge and conditions to be considered and applied by planners and other professionals when establishing national repository concepts, and constructing repositories for the long-term isolation of highly radioactive waste from surrounding crystalline rock. It emphasizes the important roles of structural geology, hydrogeology, hydrochemistry, and construction techniques. It specifically examines the disposal of steel canisters with spent reactor fuel in mined repositories (MR) at medium-depth, and in very deep boreholes (VDH). While disposal in mined repositories has been widely tested, the option of placing high-level radioactive waste in deep boreholes has been considered in the US, UK, and elsewhere in Europe, but has not yet been tested on a broad scale. This book examines the possibility of safe disposal for very long periods, proposing that the high salt content and density of groundwater at large depths are such that potentially contaminated water would not rise high enough to affect the more shallow biosphere. Features: Presents the best practices for disposal of spent fuel from nuclear reactors. Assesses waste isolation capacities in short- and long-term perspectives, and the associated risks. Describes site selection principles and the economics of construction of different types of repositories. Includes an appendix which provides the latest international recommendations and guidelines concerning the disposal of highly radioactive waste.

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1351256785

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9781351256780

Geologic Disposal of Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste

By: Roland Pusch,Raymond N. Yong,Masashi Nakano

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Geologic Disposal of Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste

By: Roland Pusch,Raymond N. Yong,Masashi Nakano

This book will address concepts and techniques for preparation and disposal of low- (LLW) and intermediate-level (ILW) radioactive waste from the nuclear industry, the weapons industry, university labs, research institutes, and from the commercial industry. It will aid decision-makers in finding optimal technical/economical solutions, including how site investigations, design, construction, identification and selection of construction materials (clay and concrete), and monitoring can be made. It will also examine techniques for isolating soil and rock contaminated by leaking nuclear plants and from damaged nuclear reactors such as those at the Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear plants.

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326

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1498767974

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9781498767972

Bentonite Clay

Environmental Properties and Applications

By: Roland Pusch

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Bentonite Clay

Environmental Properties and Applications

By: Roland Pusch

Studies the Environmental, Cosmetic, and Pharmaceutical Applications of Bentonite ClayBentonite clay, of which members of the smectite family of clay minerals are particularly important, has proven to be effective in sealing off wastes from groundwater. Bentonite Clay: Environmental Properties and Applications explores the mineralogy of clays in ge

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148224344X

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9781482243444

Geologic Disposal of Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste

By: Roland Pusch,Raymond N. Yong,Masashi Nakano

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Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste

By: Roland Pusch,Raymond N Yong,Masashi Nakano

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1351256793

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High Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) Disposal

A Global Challenge

By: R. Pusch,R. Yong,M. Nakano

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High Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) Disposal

A Global Challenge

By: R. Pusch,R. Yong,M. Nakano

High Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) Disposal, A Global Challenge presents the most recent information on proposed methods of disposal for the most dangerous radioactive waste and for assessing their function from short- and long-term perspectives. It discusses new aspects of the disposal of such waste, especially HLW. The book is unique in the literature in making it clear that, due to tectonics and long-term changes in rock structure, rock can serve only as a ""mechanical support to the chemical apparatus"" and that effective containment of hazardous elements can only be managed by properly designed and manufactured containers (""canisters""). This contradicts the common belief that the rock itself is an effective barrier to the transport of contaminants like radionuclides. The importance of the longevity of the containers becomes clear and requires a consideration of all degrading physical/chemical processes, which occupies a considerable part of the book. The book is thus an important contribution to the literature because it proposes design principles that can make repositories for HLW radioactive waste much safer.

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1845645669

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Microstructure of Smectite Clays and Engineering Performance

By: Roland Pusch,Raymond N. Yong

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1482265672

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Containment of High-Level Radioactive and Hazardous Solid Wastes with Clay Barriers

By: Raymond N. Yong,Roland Pusch,Masashi Nakano

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Containment of High-Level Radioactive and Hazardous Solid Wastes with Clay Barriers

By: Raymond N. Yong,Roland Pusch,Masashi Nakano

One of the principal objections to or problems with the use of nuclear fuel is that a proven method for safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel has yet to be established. The central focus of most schemes underway to dispose of these high-level radioactive wastes relies on clay-based buffers and barriers to isolate spent fuel canisters in borehole

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1482266245

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Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste

Current Concepts and Plans for Radioactive Waste Disposal

By: Roland Pusch

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Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste

Current Concepts and Plans for Radioactive Waste Disposal

By: Roland Pusch

The book assesses current ideas for long-term disposal of highly radioactive waste. Different types of rock are discussed and assessed with respect to practical difficulties in constructing a repository, and the efficiency of isolating radioactive waste.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540773339

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9783540773337

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Environmental Soil Properties and Behaviour

Environmental Soil Properties and Behaviour

Microstructure of Smectite Clays and Engineering Performance

Microstructure of Smectite Clays and Engineering Performance

Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste

Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste

Geologic Disposal of Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste

Geologic Disposal of Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste

Bentonite Clay

Bentonite Clay

Geologic Disposal of Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste

Geologic Disposal of Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste

Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste

Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste

High Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) Disposal

High Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) Disposal

Microstructure of Smectite Clays and Engineering Performance

Microstructure of Smectite Clays and Engineering Performance

Containment of High-Level Radioactive and Hazardous Solid Wastes with Clay Barriers

Containment of High-Level Radioactive and Hazardous Solid Wastes with Clay Barriers

Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste

Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste

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